Watch Live: Google's Pixel Event

Great googly moogly! Google is expected to update almost all of its hardware product lines in a massive blitz at 9 a.m. PT/noon ET. PCMag is in San Francisco and will bring you all the news, but here you can watch live in this embedded video. Until then, check out all the rumors below.

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Pixel Pixel

We’re expecting to see two Pixel phones at the event, the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. The smaller one will be made by HTC, and the larger one by LG. Here’s a rundown of all the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL rumors that are out there, including features, design and pricing, though this is what reliable leaker Evan Blass believes the phones will look like:

Google will also reportedly introduce a new Daydream View headsets to fit the new Pixels. Droid Life says they will cost $99 and be a little more “rugged” than existing headsets.

Google Home

Droid Life also says a small Google Home Mini speaker is on the agenda. This $49, egg-shaped speaker is attractively fabric-covered, and will come in gray, red, or white, so it’ll look better than the Echo Dot.

9to5Google says Google may also release a “Google Home Max” with stereo speakers, which will be priced closer to the Apple HomePod or Sonos, around $349.

In our review of the Google Home speaker, we noted that it has better, more attractive hardware than the Amazon Echo. Google’s problem is with its ecosystem: it was behind Amazon in terms of third-party smart home integration and skills, although it’s better than Amexa at answering random internet queries. We’re hoping to hear from Google why it thinks the Google Assistant ecosystem is better than Alexa as a full-scale home control solution.

Chromebooks

Droid Life also says it has the details on a new Chromebook called the Pixelbook. This will be a premium convertible laptop that folds back into a tablet, and it won’t be cheap, starting at $1,199 for a 128GB model. It will come with a pressure-sensitive pen, though.

What About Tablets?

There’s one product missing from this Google list: straight-up tablets. Google hasn’t put much into its Nexus/Pixel tablet line since the Pixel C tablet came out in late 2015. High-end Android tablets in general aren’t very popular right now; by far the most successful Android tablets in the US are the inexpensive, non-Google-sporting Amazon Fire series. It’ll be interesting to see if Google gives a signal about what it thinks of the tablet market.